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Monthly Literary Talk 2024: Literary Imagination - Visual, Spatial, and Fantastical Elements in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Fiction: Crime as Testimony - Narrative Suspense in Neo-Dongbei Literature
| Date & Time: | 11 May 2024 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Monthly Literary Talk 2024: Literary Imagination - Visual, Spatial, and Fantastical Elements in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Fiction: "Technology" and "Fantasy" in the Fictional Hong Kong
| Date & Time: | 8 June 2024 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Literary Gathering and Exchange: The Story of Kam Shan Literary Society in Hong Kong (1972–1991)
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2024/10/27 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Literary gathering for Spring Purification (Xiuxi) on the Double Third Festival (i.e., the third day of the third lunar month) has been deep-rooted in Hong Kong literary circles. The Kam Shan Literary Society, led by scholar-merchants Chen Boqi, Liang Yaoming, Liang Qizheng, He Zhuping, and Pan Xinan (a.k.a. Pun Sun-on), organized such literary gatherings for two decades, during 1972 to 1991, consecutively. They brought together literati in Hong Kong for drinking, composing poems, making paintings and calligraphy, as well as playing music and chess. These literary gatherings were held in Nam Tin Chuk Temple in Tsuen Wan, Yan Lo on Kam Shan of Taipo, Wun Chuen Sin Kwoon in Fanling, etc., contributing greatly to the development of Hong Kong classical poetry, paintings, and calligraphy. |
Workshops on Parent-child Pastel Nagomi Art: (1) Chinese Glory
| Date: | 2024/4/27 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | To Kwa Wan Public Library |
Celebrating Festivals and Divine Birthdays Through Daoist Rituals in Hong Kong Temples
| Date: | 2025/10/25 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Local temples in Hong Kong, despite serving as religious sites where worshippers make offerings to deities, are open to everyone regardless of religious belief. All visitors are welcome to pay homage, seek divine blessings, and engage in celebrations of divine birthdays and rituals to share with deities the joy of these ceremonies. Temple keepers, known as sizhu 司祝 or miaozhu 廟祝, do not lead large-scale, collective rituals, such as celebrations of divine birthdays. Instead, they invite external “hearth-dwelling” (huoju 火居) Daoist masters from the School of Orthodox Unity or adepts of Daoist altars from the School of Complete Perfection to officiate such ceremonies. Similarly, the Jiao Festival rituals held in villages in the New Territories are entrusted to these Daoist practitioners and conducted in accordance with Daoist ritual protocols. This lecture focuses on divine birthday celebrations and ritual practices in local Hong Kong temples, exploring the ritual traditions and protocols these ceremonies follow, and the roles that Daoist rituals play in temple beliefs. |
Cantonese Literature from the Late Qing to the Republican Era: On Liao Entao’s Xixiao ji
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2024/11/24 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | The Cantonese poems in the Xixiao ji by Liao Entao (1865–1954; style name Fengshu) are in strict poetic metre and formal tone patterns, while the Cantonese vocabularies used are rather lively and witty. These poems, thus, are catchy and memorable among Cantonese readers. In fact, the Xixiao ji does not belong to a new genre, but it stems from Cantonese literature with a long-standing history. This lecture introduces some pieces from the Xixiao ji, as well as explores the origin and evolution of Cantonese literature. |
Ch'ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture : The Universality and Cultural Specificity of Confucian Filial Care
| Date & Time: | 2025/3/1 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
"Joyful Lunar New Year with Lingnan Culture" Subject Talk: The Interesting Chinese New Year's Food Culture in Canton
| Date: | 2025/1/18 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Cheung Chau Public Library |
Elegance in Hong Kong – Cheongsam, Cultural Integration and Symbol of Identity
“Integrating Past with Present: The Journey of Tung Wah’s Intangible Heritage through Time” Subject Talks /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
| Date: | 2024/10/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
| Description: | Since its introduction to Hong Kong in the beginning of the 20th century, the cheongsam has developed into an internationally recognised iconic Chinese costume, deeply embedded in the city’s unique cultural ecology. From everyday attire to ceremonial costume, its evolution has been closely linked to local social practices, providing a sense of identity for the Chinese community. The cheongsam is a symbol of identity on multiple levels: in different ancestral groups and social communities, there are corresponding variations, applications and interpretations. This talk will examine how, over the past century, men’s and women’s cheongsam have reflected the changes in society and become an important component of Hong Kong culture. It will also explore topics such as the sense of identity and lifestyle of Hong Kong people and globalisation through the cheongsam. |
From China's Path of Modernisation to the Shared Destiny for Mankind - China's 75-Year Exploration
| Date: | 2024/10/26 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
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